JP5457950B2 - Business card display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a business card display device.

  Conventionally, business card exchange has been performed by paper media. Patent Document 1 discloses an information processing apparatus that exchanges business cards by transmitting and receiving their own business card data and other people's business card data.

Hei 3-286242

  However, in the case of a paper medium, the organization of information may be complicated. On the other hand, the formal exchange of business cards may be lost when digital information is simply exchanged as in Patent Document 1.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a business card display device capable of exchanging business cards.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to a first main aspect of the present invention, a palm-sized business card display device main body having a display interface, an input interface and a communication interface is provided in the business card display device main body, A business card display device having a control device for displaying a business card image on the display interface in response to an input from the input interface, the control device comprising: information storage means for storing personal information relating to a business card; and Connection establishment means for establishing a connection with another business card display device via a communication interface, personal information relating to business card exchange from the information storage means, and connection by the connection establishment means from the business card display device on the business card delivery side Personal information transmitting / receiving means for transmitting to an established business card display device on the receiving side of the business card; The business card display device and the receiving business card display device combine the personal information related to the business card exchange with a predetermined business card template to form a business card image, and through the input interface, Formed by the business card image forming means, which detects the operation amount and the receiving operation amount on the receiving side, and transmits / receives between the business card display device on the sending side and the business card display device on the receiving side, and the business card image forming means A business card display device comprising: a business card exchange image display means for forming the exchange transition image corresponding to the sent amount and the received amount based on the business card image and displaying the exchange image on each business card display device. Provided.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to obtain a business card display device capable of executing a business card exchange process by an operation similar to that of a normal paper medium while keeping the amount of information communication to a minimum.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, the business card display device stores one or more business card templates in association with a business card template ID in the business card display device on the sending side and the business card display device on the receiving side. Preferably, the personal information transmitting / receiving means transmits a business card template ID of a business card template for synthesizing the personal information together with the personal information to the business card display device on the business card receiving side.

  According to another embodiment, the business card feed amount / reception amount transmission / reception means inputs the feed operation amount when the feed operation amount on the business card insertion side through the input interface reaches a certain value. It is preferable to have a feed amount / reception amount input control means for prohibiting and permitting the input of a business card receipt amount on the side of receiving the business card. It is more desirable to display the fact on the display interface while the input is permitted.

  According to yet another embodiment, the connection establishing means establishes a connection with another business card display device via a business card exchange server on the Internet, and the Internet address of the business card exchange server Alternatively, an internet address of a broker server that supplies the address of the business card exchange server is stored in a storage medium, and information exchange between the business card display device on the sending side and the business card display device on the receiving side is performed It is preferable that it is performed via an exchange server.

  The other features and remarkable effects of the present invention can be understood more clearly from the following description of embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall view of a business card management apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows how business cards transition on the display panel according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows how business cards transition on the display panel according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 shows how business cards transition on the display panel according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 shows how business cards transition on the display panel according to one embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the business card display device 1 of this embodiment is integrated with a display interface 14 (FIG. 2) including a display panel 3 for displaying a business card image 2, an input button 4, and the display panel 3. A palm-sized business card display device having an input interface 13 (FIG. 2) comprising a touch input panel 5 and a communication interface 12 (FIG. 2) comprising one or a plurality of interfaces 6 among an infrared communication unit, a WiFi interface and a Bluetooth interface. 1 is installed with a control device 8 for displaying the business card image 2 on the display panel 3 in response to inputs from the input interface 13 and the communication interface 6.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the control device 8 causes communication between the business card display device 1 (sending side) and another business card display device 1 (receiving side), and is displayed on the display panel 3. This business card display device 1 is controlled so that business cards can be exchanged.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram schematically showing the business card display device 1 including the control device 8.

  That is, the control device 8 includes a data storage unit 20 and a control program storage unit 21 in a bus 9 to which a memory 10 such as a CPU 11 and a RAM is connected in addition to the display interface 14, the input interface 13, and the communication interface 12. Become connected.

  The data storage unit 20 includes a personal information storage unit 23 that stores personal information relating to a business card, and a business card template storage unit 22 that stores a business card template.

Here, the control program storage unit 21 omits the illustration of a program that is not directly related to the function of the present invention, such as a basic program that is an OS, and increases only those related to the function of the present invention.
(1) A business card information management unit 30 that displays a screen for selecting a business card on the input interface 13 and allows a user to select a business card to be displayed;
(2) a connection establishment unit 31 for establishing a connection with another business card display device 1 via the communication interface 14;
(3) An individual who extracts personal information relating to business card exchange from the personal information storage unit 23 and transmits the personal information from the business card display device 1 on the sending side to the business card display device 1 on the receiving side established by the connection establishing unit 31 An information transmitting / receiving unit 32;
(4) The business card image forming unit 33 that forms the business card image 2 by synthesizing personal information related to the business card exchange with a predetermined business card template in the business card display device 1 on the sending side and the business card display device 1 on the receiving side. When,
(5) A business card feed amount transmitted and received between the business card display device 1 on the sending side and the business card display device 1 on the receiving side by detecting the feed amount on the business card sending side and the received amount on the receiving side through the input interface 13. -Received amount transmission / reception unit 34;
(6) Based on the business card image 2 formed by the business card image forming means, a transition image corresponding to the feeding amount and the receiving amount is formed and displayed on each business card display device 1; Have

  The control program storage unit 21 and the data storage unit 20 are actually hardware such as a hard disk and a semiconductor memory, and each component is actually a computer software program. By being called and executed on the memory 10, it functions for each component of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, a more detailed configuration and operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4 and the schematic diagrams of FIGS. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the business card is transferred from the sending side to the receiving side using the two business card display devices 1 of the sending side business card display device 1 and the receiving side business card display device 1. . The business card display devices 1 on the sending side and the receiving side have the same configuration.

  3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the business card display device on the sending side, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the business card display device on the receiving side. Here, in FIG. 3, steps S <b> 1 to 13 and steps S <b> 21 to 33 in FIG. 4 indicate steps, and correspond to steps S <b> 1 to 13 and steps S <b> 21 to 33 in the following description, respectively. .

  First, as step 1 in FIG. 3 (sending side), the business card information management unit 30 displays a screen for selecting a business card on the input interface 13 and allows the user to select a business card to be displayed. Next, the business card image forming unit 33 takes out personal information (for example, ID “X”, name “Nara □□”...) From the personal information storage unit 23 and selects a business card template ID ( In this case, a business card template (in this case, “business card template A”) is taken out from the business card template storage unit 22 based on the ID “A”) (step S1). Next, the business card image forming unit 33 synthesizes the extracted personal information and a business card template to form a business card image 2 which is temporarily stored in the memory 10 and displayed on the display panel 3 (step S2). . As a result, the sending user can check the business card image 2 to be exchanged.

  Here, each information of the personal information may be embedded with a so-called tag to perform various functions. For example, when the business card management device 1 detects a contact at the telephone number (“TEL 03-...”) Displayed on the display panel 3 shown in FIG. May be switched to the call screen, or similarly, when a contact at “URL:...” Is detected, an Internet browser may be activated to jump directly to the URL.

  Next, when exchanging business cards, the connection establishment unit 31 is activated to establish a connection with another business card display device 1 that performs business card exchange. For example, when the connection is established by Bluetooth, the connection establishment unit 31 activates the communication interface, specifies a nearby business card display device 1 to be paired, and allows the user to pass through the display panel 3 and the input interface 13. You may make it select. When the user specifies the target business card display device 1, a request for connection with the business card display device 1 is transmitted. In addition, the connection establishment unit 31 of the other business card display device 1 to be paired allows the user to select whether to accept the connection, and if accepted, the connection is established. It is well known that this connection procedure can be performed using various communication protocols other than those based on Bluetooth, and will not be described in detail here.

  If the connection is established, in the business card display device 1, the business card sending / receiving amount transmitting / receiving unit 34 starts accepting a sending operation described below (step S3), and the following business card exchange steps are performed. Be started. That is, the personal information transmitting / receiving unit 32 first transmits the read personal information and business card template ID to the business card display device 1 on the receiving side (step S4).

  Next, in the business card display device 1 on the sending side, as shown in FIG. 5, when the user directly touches the display panel 3 with a thumb and slides the thumb to push forward on the display panel 3, the business card is displayed. The sending / receiving amount transmitting / receiving unit 34 detects the sending amount through the input interface 13, and transmits this sending amount to the business card display device 1 on the receiving side (step S5). Further, the business card exchange image display unit 35 newly generates a transition image corresponding to the feed amount based on the business card image 2 stored in the memory 10 and displays it on the display panel 3 (FIG. 6). .

  At this time, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the business card exchange image display unit 35 displays an operation mark (indicated by an arrow shown in the figure) on the transition image to indicate that a feed operation is still possible. 3 is displayed so as to overlap the transition image (step S7). The operation mark is displayed only when the receiving-side business card sending / receiving amount transmitting / receiving unit 34 permits the receiving operation.

  Steps S5 to S7 are repeated until the business card feed amount / reception amount transmission / reception unit 34 detects that the feed amount has reached a predetermined value so as to be updated according to the feed amount (step S6). Note that the predetermined value of the feed amount is, for example, ½ of the depth width of the business card. Here, the detection of the feed amount may be performed by, for example, displaying the coordinate on the display panel 3 and detecting the slide amount from the contact (touch) start point to the contact (touch) end point as the coordinate change amount. .

  If the feed amount reaches a predetermined value, the business card feed / receive amount sending / receiving unit 34 prohibits acceptance of the feed operation (step S8). Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7, the business card sending / receiving amount transmitting / receiving unit 34 receives the received amount transmitted from the previous business card display device 1 (step S9), and exchanges the business card. Based on this, the image display unit 35 forms a transition image. At this time, the business card exchange image display unit 35 displays only the transition image on the display panel 3 without displaying the operation mark indicating that the operation is possible (step S11).

  When the received amount has reached a predetermined value (for example, the full width of the business card) (YES in step S12), the business card sending / receiving amount transmitting / receiving unit 34 determines that the business card exchange has been completed. And exit.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 4, each step in the receiving-side business card display device 1 will be described. In the business card display device 1 on the receiving side, the personal information transmitting / receiving unit 32 transmits personal information (for example, ID “X”, name “Nara □□”...) Transmitted from the sending side and the template ID (this If the ID is “A”) (step S21), the receiving-side business card information management unit 30 reads the business card template A from the business card template storage unit 22 based on the ID (step S22). The business card template A is stored in the business card display device 1 on the receiving side in advance.

  Then, the business card image forming unit 33 synthesizes the read business card template and the received personal information to form a business card image 2 and temporarily stores it in the memory 10 (step S23).

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the business card exchange image display unit 35 generates a business card transition image based on the received feed amount and displays it on the display panel 3 (steps S24 to S25). At this time, the business card exchange image display unit 35 forms the transition image without attaching an operation mark (S26). This step 26 is repeated until the feed amount received by the business card feed amount / reception amount transmission / reception unit 34 reaches a predetermined value (for example, ½ of the depth of the business card) (NO in step S25).

  Next, when the received feed amount has reached the predetermined value (YES in step S25), the receiving-side business card feed / receive amount transmitting / receiving unit 34 starts accepting a receiving operation (step S27). . That is, when the user directly touches the display panel 3 with his / her thumb and slides the display panel 3 so as to receive his / her business card so as to receive the business card as shown in FIG. The received amount transmitting / receiving unit 34 detects the received amount through the input interface 13 (step S28).

  The business card sending / receiving amount transmitting / receiving unit 34 transmits the received amount to the business card display device 1 on the sending side (step S29), and the business card exchange image display unit 35 is stored in the memory 10. A transition image corresponding to the received amount is generated based on the current business card image 2 and displayed on the display panel 3 (NO in step S30, step S33).

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, the business card exchange image display unit 35 places an operation mark (an arrow shown in the figure) on the display panel 3 to indicate that a receiving operation is possible on the transition image. It is displayed superimposed on the transition image. This operation mark is displayed only when the receiving card business amount / reception amount transmitting / receiving unit 34 permits the receiving operation.

  The above steps S24 to S33 are repeated until the received amount reaches a predetermined value so as to be updated according to the received amount. Note that the predetermined value of the feed amount is the full width of the business card as described above.

  Here, if the receiving operation on the receiving side is in the direction opposite to the arrow (the pushing direction), and the received amount returns to the predetermined value (1/2 of the business card depth) or less. (That is, the received amount is equal to or less than zero), the business card amount / received amount transmitting unit 34 again prohibits acceptance of the receiving operation (step S31). That is, in this case, the process returns to step S24 on the receiving side, and the sending side returns to step 3 after the prohibition of accepting the sending operation is canceled via YES in step S10 (step S13). .

  The above steps are repeated, and on the receiving side, the business card exchange image display unit 35 finally forms and displays a business card image of the entire area, and all the steps are completed (FIG. 8).

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said one Embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not change the summary of invention.

  For example, in the embodiment described above, it is assumed that the business card is directly delivered from the sending side to the receiving side using the two business card display devices 1 of the sending side business card display device 1 and the receiving side business card display device 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be performed via a business card exchange server on the Internet.

  That is, in this case, the connection establishment unit 31 of the business card display device 1 is connected to a business card exchange server installed on the Internet via the Internet line. And the said connection establishment part 31 establishes the connection between the other business card display apparatuses 1 via the said business card exchange server. Further, the control device 8 stores the Internet address of the business card exchange server or the internet address of the broker server that supplies the address of the business card exchange server in the data storage unit 20.

  With this configuration, if the connection establishment unit 31 establishes a communication path from the sending-side business card display device 1 to the receiving-side business card display device 1 via the business card exchange server, the sending-side business card Since information can be exchanged between the display device 1 and the receiving-side business card display device 1, business card exchange via the business card exchange server can be performed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Business card display apparatus 2 ... Business card image 3 ... Display panel 4 ... Input button 5 ... Touch-type input panel 6 ... Interface 7 ... Main body 8 ... Control apparatus 10 ... Memory 11 ... CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 ... Communication interface 13 ... Input interface 14 ... Display interface 20 ... Data storage part 21 ... Control program storage part 22 ... Business card template storage part 23 ... Personal information storage part 30 ... Business card information management part 31 ... Connection establishment part 32 ... Personal information Case transmission / reception unit 33 ... Business card image forming unit 34 ... Business card sending / receiving amount transmission / reception unit 35 ... Business card exchange image display unit

Claims (9)

A palm-sized business card display device main body having a display interface, an input interface and a communication interface;
A business card display device provided in the business card display device body and having a control device for displaying a business card image on the display interface in response to an input from the input interface,
The control device includes:
Information storage means for storing personal information relating to a business card;
Connection establishment means for establishing a connection with another business card display device via the communication interface;
Personal information transmission / reception means for taking out personal information relating to business card exchange from the information storage means and transmitting the information from the business card display device on the business card delivery side to the business card display device on the business card receiving side established by the connection establishment means; and A business card image forming unit that forms a business card image by combining personal information related to the business card exchange with a predetermined business card template in the business card display device on the side and the business card display device on the receiving side;
Sending / receiving business card feed amount / reception amount between the business card display device on the sending side and the business card display device on the receiving side by detecting the feed operation amount on the business card delivery side and the receiving operation amount on the receiving side through the input interface Means,
Based on the business card image formed by the business card image forming means, the exchange transition image corresponding to the sending amount and the receiving amount is formed and displayed on each business card display device,
A business card display device characterized by comprising: The business card display device according to claim 1,
The sending-side business card display device and the receiving-side business card display device further include a business card template storage means for storing one or more business card templates in association with the business card template ID,
The business card display device, wherein the personal information transmitting / receiving means transmits a business card template ID of a business card template for synthesizing the personal information together with the personal information to a business card display device on the business card receiving side. The business card display device according to claim 1,
The business card sending / receiving amount transmitting / receiving means is:
Feed amount / receive amount input control for prohibiting the input of the feed operation amount and permitting the input of the business card receipt amount on the business card receiving side when the feed operation amount on the business card insertion side through the input interface reaches a certain value A business card display device characterized by comprising means. The business card display device according to claim 3,
The business card display device characterized in that the feed amount / reception amount input control means displays that on the display interface while the input of the feed amount or the reception amount is permitted. The business card display device according to claim 1,
The connection establishment means establishes a connection with another business card display device via a business card exchange server on the Internet, and supplies the Internet address of the business card exchange server or the address of the business card exchange server The Internet address of the broker server is stored in a storage medium,
The exchange of information between the business card display device on the sending side and the business card display device on the receiving side is performed via the business card exchange server.
A business card display device characterized by that. A business card display computer program installed on a computer device having a display interface, an input interface and a communication interface, and displaying a business card image on the display interface in response to an input from the input interface,
Information storage means for storing personal information related to the business card in the computer device;
A connection establishment means for causing the computer device to establish a connection with another business card display device via the communication interface;
Personal information transmission / reception means for causing the computer device to take out personal information relating to business card exchange from the information storage means and transmit the personal information to the computer device on the business card receiving side established by the connection establishing means of the computer device on the business card delivery side And a business card image forming means for synthesizing personal information related to the business card exchange with a predetermined business card template to form a business card image in the computer device on the sending side and the computer device on the receiving side,
A business card feed amount to be sent and received between the computer device on the sending side and the computer device on the receiving side by detecting the feed operation amount on the business card insertion side and the receiving operation amount on the receiving side through the input interface to the computer device. Received amount transmission / reception means;
A business card exchange image display means for forming the exchange transition image corresponding to the feeding amount and the receiving amount on the computer apparatus based on the business card image formed by the business card image forming means, and displaying the exchange transition image on each computer apparatus. ,
A computer program for displaying a business card, comprising: The computer program for displaying a business card according to claim 6,
The computer device further includes a business card template storage means for storing one or more business card templates in association with a business card template ID in the sending computer device and the receiving computer device,
The computer program for displaying a business card, wherein the personal information transmitting / receiving means transmits a business card template ID of a business card template for synthesizing the personal information together with the personal information to a business card display device on the business card receiving side. The computer program for displaying a business card according to claim 6,
The business card sending / receiving amount transmitting / receiving means is:
Feed amount / receive amount input control for prohibiting the input of the feed operation amount and permitting the input of the business card receipt amount on the business card receiving side when the feed operation amount on the business card insertion side through the input interface reaches a certain value A computer program for displaying a business card, characterized in that it has means. The business card display device according to claim 8,
A computer program for displaying a business card, wherein the feed amount / reception amount input control means displays that on the display interface while the input of the feed amount or the receipt amount is permitted.

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